Arun Jaitley, India’s former finance minister who gave the nation its biggest tax reform, has died. He was 66.
Jaitley died at 12:07 p.m. local time on Aug. 24, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences said in a statement. He was admitted to the hospital on Aug. 9 and was treated by a multidisciplinary team of senior doctors, according to the statement.
Arun Jaitley
Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg
Jaitley, who acted as chief troubleshooter for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi administration in its first term, opted out of the new government in May citing health reasons. He had undergone a kidney transplant in 2018 ...
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